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personage

noun
/ˈpɝsənɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈpɜːsənɪd͡ʒ/UK

Etymology

From Middle French personnage, from Old French personage; by surface analysis, person + -age (compare French suffix -age).

  1. derived from personage
  2. derived from personnage

Definitions

  1. A person, especially one who is famous or important.

    • The Matchmaking Festival provided social events for these lonely-hearted pilgrims, and allowed local personages to keep undesirables away from their daughters.

  2. A character (in a film, book, play, etc).

  3. The creation of corporate persons named after living people.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Character represented

      Character represented; external appearance; persona.

      • But tell me, that haſt ſeene him, Menaphon, What ſtature wields he, and what perſonage?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at personage. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01personage02living03live04permanent05eternal06ceaseless07stop08progressing09progress

A definitional loop anchored at personage. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at personage

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA